Ferrari held a party to finish all birthday events final weekend, and it was solely the marque’s 70th; think about what they’ll do in 5 years for the 75th?

The celebrations have been occurring all 12 months everywhere in the world, in 60 international locations thus far, Ferrari mentioned. They may proceed by means of the remainder of the 12 months. However the peak needed to have been final weekend’s huge bash. It concerned virtually 1,000 automobiles, an enormous public sale, a memorable musical and laser-light extravaganza, a tour and a concours, kind of in that order.

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Ferrari 70th Tour

The tour really began earlier, in eight cities throughout Europe: Frankfurt, Geneva, London, Monte Carlo, Prague, Reims, Salzburg and Rome. A complete of 500 Ferraris all caravanned from their cities to fulfill Saturday, Sept. 9 in Milan. From Milan they drove to Enzo Ferrari’s birthplace in Modena, toured the Museuo Enzo Ferrrari and headed to Maranello.

The RM Sotheby’s public sale “Ferrari Legende e Passione” began at four p.m. Saturday in Fiorano with a flyover by a squadron of the Italian Air Drive’s Eurofighter Typhoons. The planes had on their sides the exact same prancing horse emblem that Enzo Ferrari had adopted as his firm emblem. Think about getting the U.S. Air Drive to place a Dodge Ram sticker on an F-35.

The public sale was the place the final obtainable LaFerrari Aperta hammered for simply over $10 million. Two 1959 250 GT LWB California Spiders went for $9.5 million and $9.four million apiece, whereas a 1958 250 GT Cabriolet with physique by Pininfarina went for $5.7 million. A 1973 365 GTB/four Daytona Spider bought for $2.9 million whereas one other 365 GTB/four Daytona Berlineta with alloy physique, a barn discover from Japan, bought for a mere $2.2 million. There have been different automobiles bought, too — 35 Ferraris drove over the block.

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Ferrari 70th Present

From the public sale, the Fiorano stage reworked right into a musical present depicting the lifetime of Enzo Ferrari titled “Ferrari Settanta” or Ferrari 70. It included all the things from disco dancers representing the 1970s to Sebastian Vettel himself stepping from a automobile on stage. Within the viewers had been F1 luminaries like Jean Todt, Ferrari crew principal Maurizio Arrivebene, chief technical officer Mattia Binotto, F1 chairman Chase Carey, Ferrari chief Sergio Marchionne and Piero Ferrari himself, contemporary from having opened Ferrari Land Spain. The solar by no means units on the Ferrari Empire.

The following day, 120 Ferraris from all eras parked on the observe at Fiorano for a concours, competing for Better of Present in race automobile and highway automobile classes. A 1953 340 MM Spider Vignale that gained the 1953 Mille Miglia was finest race automobile, whereas a 1986 Testarossa Spider as soon as owned by Fiat chariman Gianni Agnelli was finest highway automobile.

They’re in all probability nursing a heck of a hangover in Fiorano, nevertheless it should have all been price it. Buon Compleanno, Ferrari. See you in 5 years!

The Ferrari Tour began in eight cities throughout Europe and converged in Fiorano.